Agnello, 41, was caught in an NYPD sting operation after he ordered an underling to torch what he believed was a rival junk metal business.

In fact, it was an NYPD undercover operation. Agnello was caught on wiretaps describing to John Roberts, a low-level hood, how to torch the junkyard. His first time out, Roberts was caught cutting the locks. Agnello sent him back, unaware that Roberts was wearing a wire.

“Listen to me,” Agnello is heard saying on the tapes. “All you gotta do is buy glass bottles, fill them up . . . throw them over the fence . . . all around the truck.”

In June 1999, with cops watching, Roberts used road flares to ignite the gasoline-filled Molotov cocktails, and burned down a flatbed truck.

Agnello’s attorneys released a statement saying: “Mr. Agnello has accepted responsibility for his criminal conduct. He is eager to complete his sentence and be reunited with his children.”